Greece
Economy
Minister Nikos Pappas Boasts of Greek Success Story in CNN Interview (video)
Greece will exit from the supervision of its creditors and manage to stand on her own two feet by August 2018, said Nikos Pappas, minister of Digital Telecommunications and Information Policy.
Speaking from Washington DC to CNN on Thursday, Pappas,...
Greece
State Minister Nikos Pappas to Revoke TV Law if Council of State Rules Against It
State Minister Nikos Pappas said that the Greek media landscape would return to its previous condition of unlicensed television stations if the Council of State (CoS) ruled that the TV license law was unconstitutional. He made this statement on...
Greece
Minister of State Nikos Pappas Praises Submission of Bids in TV License Tender
With the successful conclusion of the first stage in a tender process for granting television content licenses and the submission of 11 bids by the 3 p.m. deadline, the government is one step closer to fulfilling one of SYRIZA's...
Business
Minister of State Nikos Pappas Foresees Explosion in Investment in Greece
Greece is “very close” to reaching an agreement with creditors that will cause an “explosion in investments,” said Minister of State Nikos Pappas during his greeting comments a short while ago to a British American Tobacco event for the...
Crime
Golden Dawn Fugitive Christos Pappas Arrested in Greece
Fugitive Christos Pappas, the former deputy leader of the infamous Neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn, has been apprehended and arrested in Athens, Greece. Golden Dawn was found to be a criminal organization and its leadership was convicted shortly after. Although...
Crime
European Arrest Warrant Issued for Greek Neo-Nazi Fugitive Pappas
A European arrest warrant was issued on Tuesday for Christos Pappas, the neo-Nazi former lawmaker, who is on the run after his conviction in October 2020.
Economy
Min Pappas: 'The German Finance Minister Never Wanted the Greek Program to Succeed'
On Saturday while speaking on Skai TV, Telecoms and Media Minister Nikos Pappas commented that “The German finance minister never wanted the Greek program to succeed.”
While speaking on the news show about the German finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble, Minister Pappas...
Greece
Greek State Minister N. Pappas: Provisional TV Licenses to be Offered
State Minister Nikos Pappas said that the decision of the Council of State (CoS) that ruled that the TV legislation for four TV licenses was unconstitutional would be respected. He lamented the decision to annul the auction depriving the...
Greece
State Min Pappas on TV License Tender: 'I Think We Have Operated Under the Provisions of the Constitution'
Speaking about the TV licenses to ANA's radio station Praktorio 104.9 FM, State Minister Nikos Pappas on Tuesday said: "We are expecting the decisions. Meanwhile, we are proceeding as we have planned. The tender has been completed, and it...
Greece
ND Says Government Needs to Repeal the TV Licensing Law Submitted by Minister Pappas
New Democracy (ND) is ready to agree with the government on the establishment of the new Greek National Council for Radio and Television (NCRTV) board, the country’s independent media regulator, if the government repeals the TV licensing law submitted...
Economy
State Minister Pappas Says Revoking TV License Law Will Be Bad for Public Finances
A possible negative decision by the Council of State on the government’s TV licensing law will be a bad development for the operation of democracy, State Minister Nikos Pappas said on Friday, speaking to radio station Real FM.
He said...
Greece
StateMin Pappas: TV License Tender On Schedule, Auctions to be Held in August
The tender launched by the government for the awarding of TV licenses to broadcasters is progressing according to schedule and the auction is expected to be held in August, State Minister Nikos Pappas said on Tuesday in an interview...
Economy
State Minister Pappas: A High Price to Pay if UK Chooses Brexit
If Britain votes to leave the European Union it would be a very negative development, State Minister Nikos Pappas said on Wednesday, as he opened his speech at an Economist conference in Athens.
He said even the fact that a...
Greece
State Minister Pappas Optimistic an Agreement Can be Reached on May 24
Greek State Minister Nikos Pappas expressed his content over the outcome of the meetings with US government leadership in Washington while speaking on an ERT public broadcast. "The meetings with the leadership of the US government proved that all sides are...
Greece
Pappas: 'Forget the Ecumenical Government'
State Minister Nikos Pappas appeared sure that the government majority will remain solid with the upcoming voting period and excluded the possibility of an ecumenical government in a recent interview with the newspaper Paron.
"It's about a midsummer night's dream...